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The correct spelling is levers.
How to pronounce levers
noun
Say it like: Lev-ers
The correct spelling is levers. (except in generalized senses below) A crowbar. For example: "With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor."
Usage Examples
“With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.
- 2.A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- 3.A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
- 4.A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- 5.An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
verb
- 1.To move with a lever.
- 2.To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- 3.To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- 4.To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
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